Bed Fishing

[DEbassman17]

I know some people frown uppon it but normally I can't get those big spawners to bite anyway. What lures do you most commonly use to catch these finicky fish off of the beds??? I used Senkos last year and had a little big of luck. I got some big white tubes, some nest raiders, and some big jigs and big pork trailers. What am I missing?

[D4u2s0t]

I wouldn't call bedding bass "finicky".  Their out to protect the eggs, and will eat pretty much anything that crosses their path.  Any bait put in their face should do the trick.

[Gatorbassman]

Check out the thread on Bedding Bass in the "Best of BassResource" Sticky.

[DEbassman17]

Check out the thread on Bedding Bass in the "Best of BassResource" Sticky.

thank you I can't believe I didn't check their first 

[DEbassman17]

I wouldn't call bedding bass "finicky". Their out to protect the eggs, and will eat pretty much anything that crosses their path. Any bait put in their face should do the trick.

that's supposed to be how it is around here but I only caught 4 bedding bass last year and they all took alot of work.

[Jake.]

Try a weightless Yamamoto Kreature. It gets them angry.

[dodgeguy]

I wouldn't call bedding bass "finicky". Their out to protect the eggs, and will eat pretty much anything that crosses their path. Any bait put in their face should do the trick.

not true at all.you've never seen where a guy wastes an hour trying to get a bedding bass to bite in a tournament?sometimes they bite and sometimes they don't.

[Catt]

I wouldn't call bedding bass "finicky". Their out to protect the eggs, and will eat pretty much anything that crosses their path. Any bait put in their face should do the trick.

that's supposed to be how it is around here but I only caught 4 bedding bass last year and they all took alot of work.

Finicky or operator error

[D4u2s0t]

I wouldn't call bedding bass "finicky". Their out to protect the eggs, and will eat pretty much anything that crosses their path. Any bait put in their face should do the trick.

not true at all.you've never seen where a guy wastes an hour trying to get a bedding bass to bite in a tournament?sometimes they bite and sometimes they don't.

that's the rare exception.  If you make a ruckus by the bed, majority of the time it's going to bite.  While fish in any stage are not 100% predictable, you have an extremely high chance of catching a bedding fish

[Tin]

I wouldn't call bedding bass "finicky". Their out to protect the eggs, and will eat pretty much anything that crosses their path. Any bait put in their face should do the trick.

not true at all.you've never seen where a guy wastes an hour trying to get a bedding bass to bite in a tournament?sometimes they bite and sometimes they don't.

that's the rare exception.

No this is quite common. Depending on what phase the fish is in. If the fish is a male and is making the bed, guarding it or waiting for a female it will destroy anything in its path. If it is a female who has just sparned or cruising around the bed she will be harder to get. If it is just a big female sitting on the bed doing nothing and your cast doesn't phase her, she will go real easy.

The problem is even if you do not make a lot of noise and spook the fish, the other ten guys that have already seen the bed probably have. This is why in tournaments I will always look for beds that are deeper or off the beaten path.

[central.PA.bass]

Try a 4" Kinami Flash in Junebug color.  IMO that is the best bait out there during early season.  I went through probably 20 bags of them this spring and early summer

[SkilletSizeBass.]

I haven't ever had much sucess bed fishing either. If its the small watersheds I mostly fish, or too much boat traffic, or my eye sight isn't the best, or a combination of all the above. >

[KYntucky Warmouth]

[DEbassman17]

I was really staring hard at one of those online today, they look fantastic

[buzzcatcher]

Well since lizards love to eat bass eggs, a T-rig or C-rig lizard is my go to bait for bedding bass.

Buzz

[Nkybassfisherman]

take any type of highly visible plastic finesse worm and a finesse wide gap hook, it looks like a circle hook. take the hook and thread it all the way through the worm to the tail and bring it out the tail( your line will be ran down through the middle of the worm all the way to the tail where the hook is sticking out.) this way when the bedding bass picks up the worm by the tail it will be picking it up where the hook is.

[DEbassman17]

take any type of highly visible plastic finesse worm and a finesse wide gap hook, it looks like a circle hook. take the hook and thread it all the way through the worm to the tail and bring it out the tail( your line will be ran down through the middle of the worm all the way to the tail where the hook is sticking out.) this way when the bedding bass picks up the worm by the tail it will be picking it up where the hook is.

I don't think i've ever seen or heard of this before, and I have plenty of finesse worms and wide gap hooks. YOU my sir, are a GENIOUS!  ;D

[Nkybassfisherman]

take any type of highly visible plastic finesse worm and a finesse wide gap hook, it looks like a circle hook. take the hook and thread it all the way through the worm to the tail and bring it out the tail( your line will be ran down through the middle of the worm all the way to the tail where the hook is sticking out.) this way when the bedding bass picks up the worm by the tail it will be picking it up where the hook is.

I don't think i've ever seen or heard of this before, and I have plenty of finesse worms and wide gap hooks. YOU my sir, are a GENIOUS! ;D

lol here are the exact hooks that i use

[DEbassman17]

take any type of highly visible plastic finesse worm and a finesse wide gap hook, it looks like a circle hook. take the hook and thread it all the way through the worm to the tail and bring it out the tail( your line will be ran down through the middle of the worm all the way to the tail where the hook is sticking out.) this way when the bedding bass picks up the worm by the tail it will be picking it up where the hook is.

I don't think i've ever seen or heard of this before, and I have plenty of finesse worms and wide gap hooks. YOU my sir, are a GENIOUS! ;D

lol here are the exact hooks that i use

cool, I use the red ones (I know it doesn't make a difference) in size 2,1 or 1/0. Depending on what kind of plastic i'm using.